Patents by Inventor Benjamin HASMÜLLER

Benjamin HASMÜLLER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10518777
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle that comprises a navigation device having stored route sections, and a control device for longitudinally and/or transversely guiding the motor vehicle when in an autonomous operating mode, at least one parameter being associated with at least one route section and determining whether said route section is approved for travelling when in the autonomous operating mode, the at least one parameter being retrieved from a server by the navigation device and/or by the control device, by means of a wireless communication connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Achim Enthaler, Benjamin Hasmüller
  • Patent number: 10442299
    Abstract: A high-voltage battery for a motor vehicle, the operating voltage of which is greater than 12 V, in particular, greater than 50 V, having two power connections at a high-voltage network power system of the motor vehicle, which can be connected without voltage through first safety contactors provided inside a housing of the high-voltage battery, and storage cells for electrical energy that are connected to the power connections via the first safety contactors. The high-voltage battery additionally has two charging terminals, which are connected to the storage cells by circumventing the first safety contactors by way of charging lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Achim Enthaler, Benjamin Hasmüller
  • Publication number: 20180072315
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle that comprises a navigation device having stored route sections, and a control device for longitudinally and/or transversely guiding the motor vehicle when in an autonomous operating mode, at least one parameter being associated with at least one route section and determining whether said route section is approved for travelling when in the autonomous operating mode, the at least one parameter being retrieved from a server by the navigation device and/or by the control device, by means of a wireless communication connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Achim ENTHALER, Benjamin HASMÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20180001775
    Abstract: A high-voltage battery for a motor vehicle, the operating voltage of which is greater than 12 V, in particular, greater than 50 V, having two power connections at a high-voltage network power system of the motor vehicle, which can be connected without voltage through first safety contactors provided inside a housing of the high-voltage battery, and storage cells for electrical energy that are connected to the power connections via the first safety contactors. The high-voltage battery additionally has two charging terminals, which are connected to the storage cells by circumventing the first safety contactors by way of charging lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Achim ENTHALER, Benjamin HASMÜLLER